COVID-19 cases in Pune cross 2,000-mark; death toll 111

Pune, May 3 () Pune district in Maharashtra hasreported 138 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24hours, taking its overall COVID-19count to 2,050, a Healthofficial said on Sunday.

The death toll has mounted to 111 with seven morepeople succumbing to theviral infection on Saturday, he said.

"Of the 138 new cases, 109 are from the limits of thePune Municipal Corporationwhich now has 1,813 patients. Ofthe rest 29 cases, six are from Pimpri Chinchwad while 23 arefrom rural and Cantonment areas," he said.

The total number of cases in Pimpri Chinchwad nowstands at 121 and in rural and cantonment areas at 116, headded.

Pune has been classified as one of the 14 Red zones inMaharashtra. SPKNSK NSK